MicroTeachLessonPlan

TeacherName
JoelHeese
Date
June6,2016
SubjectArea
Math
Grade 6
Topic
Probability
Time
15min

GeneralLearner
Useexperimentalortheoreticalprobabilitiestorepresentandsolveproblems
Outcome(s)
involvinguncertainty.
TakenfromAlberta
ProgramofStudies
Demonstrateanunderstandingofaprobabilityby:
identifyingallpossibleoutcomesofaprobabilityexperiment
differentiatingbetweenexperimentalandtheoreticalprobability
SpecificLearner
determiningtheexperimentalprobabilityofoutcomesinaprobability
Outcome(s)
experiment
TakenfromAlberta
ProgramofStudies
comparingexperimentalresultswiththetheoreticalprobabilityforan
experiment

Studentswill:
listthepossibleoutcomesofacointossprobabilityexperiment
Learning
comparethetheoreticaloutcomeswiththeexperimentaloutcomesofa
Objectives
cointossprobabilityexperiment
Whatdoyouwantyour
conductacointossexperiment
studentstolearn?
explorehowsamplesizeaffectsresults

Throughafrontboardaggregationofexperimentalresults,students
shouldbeableto:
o Distinguishbetweentheoreticalprobabilityandexperimental
Assessment
probability
Howwillyouknowyour
studentshavelearned?
o Explainthatasthenumberoftrialsinanexperimentincreases,the
experimentalprobabilityapproachesthetheoretical

Coins(maybesomesoftalternativeornonmonetary50/50)
Sheetforrecordingexperiment
Materials
Experimenttemplates
Whatresourceswillyou
Calculator
need?
Modifiedoptionlimitcointossto10trials

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***ONLYWHENINBAKERopenwiththreewaystocommitinformationtomemory
novelexperience,awkwardexperience,repetition
***ONLYWHENINSEMINARAskWhataresomeotherwordsthataresimilarto
probability?
Intro
Doesunderstandingprobabilitymatterinreallife?
(3min) Askwhatreallifesituationsinvolvecoinflipsorchance(i.e.startofsportingevents,
games,gambling/lottery,decisionmaking,HarveyTwoFace,Risk)
Myreallifeapplicationtellstoryofall11coinsturningupheads
***BONUSQUESTIONforthosewhofinishexperimentearlywhatisthetheoretical
probabilityofall11coinsturningupheadsinonetoss?
AskthequestionInwhatthreewaysdoweshowprobability?fraction,decimal,percent

Fractiononeoutofxoutcomes
Decimalanumberbetween0and1(becausenoprobabilityiszeroandabsolute
probabilityis1or1/1)
Percentthedecimalmultipliedby100%

Describetheoreticalprobabilityaswhatshouldhappenandexperimentalprobabilityas
whatactuallyhappens.

Usingasinglecoinasexample,describethetheoreticalprobabilitiesandshowasfraction,
decimal,andpercentage(,0.50,50%)

Whathappenswhenwehave2coins?UsingHandT,askforvolunteerstowriteonthe
boardonepotentialoutcomeeachuntilnomoreoffers.
Body
Ifonlythreeoutcomesarerevealed,suggestthatthereisafourthtoseeagainifanyone
(9min)
candetermineafourthoutcome(i.e.anadditionalTHoutcome)
Showfractionaloutcomesandeffectofaddingacoin.x=

Describetheoreticaloutcomesasfraction,decimal,andpercent.
TP(HH)=,0.25,25%
TP(1H1T)=,0.5,50%
TP(TT)=,0.25,25%

Describeexperimenttwocoins,samplesize20.
Formpairs(1toflipcoins1torecord)
Describeexperimenthandout
Conductexperimenttodetermineexperimentalprobability
RecordFindingsinh/o(tallychart)
Onceexperimentiscompleted,onestudenttowritetallysontheboard.Thenworkon
Bonusquestion.
Aggregateresultsonboard.Workoutteamexperimentalprobabilitiestoseeandaskif
Closure samplesizebroughtexperimentalresultsclosertotheoretical.
(3min) ***IFTIMEALLOWSDetermineprobabilityofall11coinscomingupheads(2power11=
1/2048,0.0005,0.05%).BrieflydescribepowersassomethingtocomeinGr7math.
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Outcome

Tallyof20tosses

ExperimentalProbability
Fraction

Decimal

Percent

HH

HTorTH

TT

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